Seasonal incidence of tomato leaf miner, Tuta absoluta (Meyrick) on tomato, Lycopersicon esculentum (Mill) under protected cultivation
SD Sapkal, MM Sonkamble and VG Savde
The investigations on seasonal incidence of Leaf miner, Tuta absoluta (meyrick) on tomato under protected cultivation were conducted on research farm Department of Horticulture, VNMKV, Parbhani during Kharif 2017-18. Seasonal incidence of T. absoluta observed that maximum incidence to the tune of 3.6 larvae per plant and 28.2 mines per plant at 41th SMW. Whereas average of percent damage of fruit 10.93 per cent due to T. absoluta were found in total six picking.